On a serious note many drill presses are geared WAAAAYYYY too high speed for serious metalwork drilling. I got one 'eck of a deal years back on a used Jet drill/ Mill. Now THAT thing will DRILL HOLES!!!
And then there's this arm-breaking, wrist-twistin, head-knockin thang.......
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When I was in the Navy we had a B&D 3/4" drill. Hell you could'a had 10 men, they could not have hung onto that thing. It was in one of those "made for it" drill presses
